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Twirl is bringing SPECTACOLOR to the Harwood! Discover the art of Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac, while exploring why and how we see colors and how to make and change them.

This program is open to families or small groups with children and home school groups. Designed for ages 5-12 but all are welcome.Advanced registration recommended. $5 suggested donation per child. Includes free museum admission. 

Please email education@harwoodmuseum.org for more information. Image courtesy of Harwood Museum of Art. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Celebrate the opening of Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac, which features work never exhibited before by this New Mexico-based artist. The works about sunlight, starlight, time, and planetary motion span critical moments in Ross’s nearly 60-year career as one of the preeminent land artists working today.

This FREE community event will feature music by Trey Donovan, site-specific dance by MovementLab, star gazing with Dr. Colin Nicholls from UNM-Taos, and hot chocolate under the stars.

About Charles Ross 

Charles Ross (b. 1937, Philadelphia, PA) discovered his passion for making sculpture while studying mathematics at UC Berkeley, where he received his BA in Mathematics in 1960 and an MA in Art in 1962. Ross is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant in 1999. He has also received grants from the NEA, the Thaw Charitable Trust, the McCune Charitable Foundation, The Frost Foundation, and many others for the construction of Star Axis. Ross has created 25 permanent solar spectrum artworks around the world including Solar Spectrum, at the Dwan Light Sanctuary, United World College, Montezuma, NM; Spectrum 14, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2024; Spectrum Chamber, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, Tasmania; Conversations with the Sun, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan; and Spectrum 8, National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Washington DC.

His artworks reside in the permanent collections of numerous institutions internationally, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Charles Ross, Mansions of the Zodiac: Cancer, 1973-76/2012, acrylic paint and collage using bakelite powder xeroxes of Verenberg photographic star atlas images on canvas, 190 x 63.5 inches. Courtesy of the artist. © Charles Ross / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Twirl is bringing SPECTACOLOR to the Harwood! Discover the art of Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac, while exploring why and how we see colors and how to make and change them.

This program is open to families or small groups with children and home school groups. Designed for ages 5-12 but all are welcome.Advanced registration recommended. $5 suggested donation per child. Includes free museum admission. 

Please email education@harwoodmuseum.org for more information. Image courtesy of Harwood Museum of Art. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Come celebrate the life, legacy, and art of icon Agnes Martin on her birthday!

Visit the world-famous Agnes Martin Gallery. Museum admission is free all day for Taos County residents.

Join us in the Arthur Bell Auditorium at 1:00 PM for a screening of Agnes Martin Before the Grid. Director Kathleen Brennan will introduce the film, and she will be joined by Marcia Oliver, artist and friend of Agnes, for a Q&A session after the screening.

Additional screenings will take place at 3pm and 4pm.

Stop by the Museum Store on your way out and join us for birthday cake, blueberry muffins, and beverages!

Image Courtesy of Mildred Tolbert Family archives.
 

In conjunction with the Taos Public Library Teen Art Contest, the Harwood is offering drop-in studio time for teens. Join one of our Teaching Artists and make space to work on your creative projects with full access to our studio supplies. This year’s theme is “Where We Live.”

Pay What You Can (Suggested $5). No one will be turned away.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.

Join us from 4pm to 7pm the first Friday of every month for pay-what-you-wish extended hours at the museum. The April First Friday will celebrate the opening of Legacy in Line: The Art of Gene Kloss, a collaboration with the Couse-Sharp Historic Site. Enjoy refreshments and learn printmaking with Harwood Teaching Artists.

Known for her prints that feature high contrast, rising diagonal lines, and ethereal regions of light, Kloss’s works reflect the spirit of the Southwest with a rare combination of precision and emotion. Her prints often captured the dramatic landscapes and sacred ceremonies of Native American communities, conveying both the physical beauty and spiritual depth of New Mexico. Kloss constantly pushed the boundaries of her medium, striving for the exact effects she sought in each piece.

Image: Gene Kloss, Untitled, c. 1930, watercolor, 9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in. Gift of Ila McAfee Turner.  

Join local artist Kate Miller for a recycled papermaking workshop.

This program is open to families or small groups with children and home school groups. Designed for ages 5-12 but all are welcome. Advanced registration recommended. $5 suggested donation per child. Includes free museum admission. 

Please email education@harwoodmuseum.org for more information. Image courtesy of Kate Miller NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest

Join local artist Kate Miller for a recycled papermaking workshop.

This program is open to families or small groups with children and home school groups. Designed for ages 5-12 but all are welcome. Advanced registration recommended. $5 suggested donation per child. Includes free museum admission. 

Please email education@harwoodmuseum.org for more information. Image courtesy of Kate Miller NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest

Explore the exhibition “Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero” with a Harwood Teaching Artist, and be inspired to create your own work of art! This is a great opportunity to see the exhibition before it closes on June 1st.

Explore the exhibition “Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero” with a Harwood Teaching Artist, and be inspired to create your own work of art! This is a great opportunity to see the exhibition before it closes on June 1st.

Harwood Members receive a sneak peek of Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac with remarks by the artist and Curator Nicole Dial-Kay. Music by Trey Donovan will fill the galleries. Refreshments will be available in the “Members Lounge.”  

Become a Member today to support the museum and gain access to exclusive events. Join now! 

Image Credit: Charles Ross, Point Source / Star Space: Weave of Ages, 1975/86, mixed media on paper mounted on canvas, created with 428 photographs from the Falkau Star Atlas which covers the entire celestial sphere from pole to pole, the viewpoint is that of the observer at the center of the earth, 106 x 225 inches. Courtesy of the artist. © Charles Ross / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Celebrate the opening of Charles Ross: Mansions of the Zodiac, which features work never exhibited before by this New Mexico-based artist. The works about sunlight, starlight, time, and planetary motion span critical moments in Ross’s nearly 60-year career as one of the preeminent land artists working today.

This FREE community event will feature music by Trey Donovan, site-specific dance by MovementLab, star gazing with Dr. Colin Nicholls from UNM-Taos, and hot chocolate under the stars.

About Charles Ross 

Charles Ross (b. 1937, Philadelphia, PA) discovered his passion for making sculpture while studying mathematics at UC Berkeley, where he received his BA in Mathematics in 1960 and an MA in Art in 1962. Ross is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant in 1999. He has also received grants from the NEA, the Thaw Charitable Trust, the McCune Charitable Foundation, The Frost Foundation, and many others for the construction of Star Axis. Ross has created 25 permanent solar spectrum artworks around the world including Solar Spectrum, at the Dwan Light Sanctuary, United World College, Montezuma, NM; Spectrum 14, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2024; Spectrum Chamber, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, Tasmania; Conversations with the Sun, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan; and Spectrum 8, National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Washington DC.

His artworks reside in the permanent collections of numerous institutions internationally, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Charles Ross, Mansions of the Zodiac: Cancer, 1973-76/2012, acrylic paint and collage using bakelite powder xeroxes of Verenberg photographic star atlas images on canvas, 190 x 63.5 inches. Courtesy of the artist. © Charles Ross / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Enjoy a day of artistic inspiration and culinary celebration with the pioneering land artist Charles Ross. This Director’s Circle fundraising event kicks off with a museum gallery talk followed by a stellar and convivial four-course meal prepared by Pastures of Plenty Farm & Catering with libations provided by The Cellar + Rolling Still Lounge & Distillery. The luncheon begins with New Mexico sparkling wine to raise a glass to the artist The New York Times has called “…an artist of cosmic ambition,” and the meal features three early spring seasonal courses. Please join us for this rare opportunity to honor Charles Ross in a historic home & gallery near the museum. Extremely limited tickets available.  

Purchase tickets

Director’s Circle Members: $160

General Admission: $200

Sponsor a Table! Artist Table: $5,000 | Director Table: $2,500 | Curator Table $1,500 

Come celebrate the life, legacy, and art of icon Agnes Martin on her birthday!

Visit the world-famous Agnes Martin Gallery. Museum admission is free all day for Taos County residents.

Join us in the Arthur Bell Auditorium at 1:00 PM for a screening of Agnes Martin Before the Grid. Director Kathleen Brennan will introduce the film, and she will be joined by Marcia Oliver, artist and friend of Agnes, for a Q&A session after the screening.

Additional screenings will take place at 3pm and 4pm.

Stop by the Museum Store on your way out and join us for birthday cake, blueberry muffins, and beverages!

Image Courtesy of Mildred Tolbert Family archives.
 

Join us from 4pm to 7pm the first Friday of every month for pay-what-you-wish extended hours at the museum. The April First Friday will celebrate the opening of Legacy in Line: The Art of Gene Kloss, a collaboration with the Couse-Sharp Historic Site. Enjoy refreshments and learn printmaking with Harwood Teaching Artists.

Known for her prints that feature high contrast, rising diagonal lines, and ethereal regions of light, Kloss’s works reflect the spirit of the Southwest with a rare combination of precision and emotion. Her prints often captured the dramatic landscapes and sacred ceremonies of Native American communities, conveying both the physical beauty and spiritual depth of New Mexico. Kloss constantly pushed the boundaries of her medium, striving for the exact effects she sought in each piece.

Image: Gene Kloss, Untitled, c. 1930, watercolor, 9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in. Gift of Ila McAfee Turner.  

Sit down with Nicholas Herrera and award winning journalist Carmella Padilla for an intimate conversation about Herrera’s life and career.

This is free event. Open to the public.

About Nicholas Herrera

Born and raised in El Rito, New Mexico, Nicholas Herrera is a folk artist whose family was among the earliest settlers in the region. Claiming Spanish, Native American, and Mexican ancestry, Herrera identifies as mestizo and descends from farmers and outlaws, landowners and soldiers, craftsmen and artists. He grew up around the Spanish traditions of Northern New Mexico and came of age with a fast-paced lifestyle that resulted in a serious car accident at the age of 26. After awakening in the hospital and recovering from a coma, Herrera felt called to become a saint maker.

Herrera’s work is held in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, New York,  El Museo del Barrio, New York, the Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, N.M, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

About Carmella Padilla

Carmella Padilla is a journalist, author and editor who explores intersections in art, culture and history. She has published extensively in newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, American Craft and El Palacio, and has written several books, including The Work of Art: Folk Artists in the 21st Century; El Rancho de las Golondrinas: Living History in New Mexico’s La Ciénega Valley; Low ‘n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico; and The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest. A native Santa Fean and multigenerational New Mexican, Padilla is a recipient of the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and the Santa Fe Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Literary Arts. She is currently at work on a book highlighting the historic makers and movements in twentieth-century New Mexican furniture.   

Image Courtesy of Beth Wald

This program is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join Artist Nicholas Herrera and Curator Nicole Dial-Kay for this special tour of his current exhibition Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero. Space is limited. Purchase a ticket to reserve a spot.

Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero is a glimpse into the life and works of master santero Nicholas Herrera. Herrera, born and raised in El Rito, New Mexico, is a folk artist whose family was among the earliest settlers in the region. Claiming Spanish, Native American, and Mexican ancestry, Herrera identifies as mestizo and descends from farmers and outlaws, landowners and soldiers, craftsmen and artists. He grew up around the Spanish traditions of Northern New Mexico and came of age with a fast-paced lifestyle that resulted in a serious car accident at the age of 26. After awakening in the hospital and recovering from a coma, Herrera felt called to become a saint maker.

As a modern santero, Herrera creates bultos, retablos, and large-scale mixed media works, many of which detail rich and often challenging chapters in his storied life. Through varied mediums, this exhibition surveys Herrera’s personal identity, family history, relationship to place, and political ideology. Still a “village artist,” Herrera continues to reside, regenerate, and create on the land of his family.

Harwood Museum of Art is proud to exhibit the first solo museum exhibition of Nicholas Herrera, which was recently profiled in the New York Times.

Image courtesy of Beth Wald.

This program is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.

Join Artist Nicholas Herrera and Curator Nicole Dial-Kay for this special tour of his current exhibition Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero. Space is limited. Purchase a ticket to reserve a spot.

Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero is a glimpse into the life and works of master santero Nicholas Herrera. Herrera, born and raised in El Rito, New Mexico, is a folk artist whose family was among the earliest settlers in the region. Claiming Spanish, Native American, and Mexican ancestry, Herrera identifies as mestizo and descends from farmers and outlaws, landowners and soldiers, craftsmen and artists. He grew up around the Spanish traditions of Northern New Mexico and came of age with a fast-paced lifestyle that resulted in a serious car accident at the age of 26. After awakening in the hospital and recovering from a coma, Herrera felt called to become a saint maker.

As a modern santero, Herrera creates bultos, retablos, and large-scale mixed media works, many of which detail rich and often challenging chapters in his storied life. Through varied mediums, this exhibition surveys Herrera’s personal identity, family history, relationship to place, and political ideology. Still a “village artist,” Herrera continues to reside, regenerate, and create on the land of his family.

Harwood Museum of Art is proud to exhibit the first solo museum exhibition of Nicholas Herrera, which was recently profiled in the New York Times.

Image courtesy of Beth Wald.

This program is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.